Tuesday, December 21, 2010

SUPER TYPHOON BART, THE PERFECT STORM -- CAPT AJIT VADAKAYIL

In the end of 2000 I went with my wife and two sons for the movie “ The perfect storm “ .

At the end just before the small trawler got engulfed by the massive wave the entire movie hall

including my two children let out a collective gasp.

As we came out from the hall after the movie my elder son , 14 years old at that time, told my

wife “ Daddy was not impressed by the movie “

I heard my wife telling him quietly “ Last year daddy survived a category 5 storm , which is several times bigger “. My wife has sailed with me for 9 years and she had been through many Category 1 hurricanes , cyclones and typhoons.

On 19th Sept 1999 my ship was discharging diesel , jet fuel and gasoline at Okinawa islands for the US military base.

She was a 13 year old 60000 DWT tanker, and we had just 20% cargo balance , when the port shut and all ships including the US base aircraft carriers, nuclear submarines and the rest sailed away east into the Pacific to keep maximum distance from the eye of the approaching storm, predicted to grow to a category 5 storm. (Hurricane Katrina was category 3 – a less powerful one.)

We had 3 days before the storm passed Okinawa. Initially it appeared that the eye approaching at a direction of NE would pass east of the island , then it appeared that it would pass west . Nothing can be taken for granted for a typhoon, as unlike hurricanes and cyclones else where in the world , typhoons are fickle and can change direction in a unpredictable manner , even take loops.

I had the safety department of my company – about 12 old fogey masters from London eating my head and twisting my arm to sail off east into the pacific with the US navy. This company was the largest VLCC operator of the world in the seventies ( no names ).

I made a quick risk assessment . My ship’s tall mid ship mast was unsupported without wire stays . The single long derrick could plumb 10 metres outside the hull on both sides.

In the past 13 years the ship had survived several category 1 storms—but this one was special . There was NO time to weld eyes and rig up proper stays . If I sailed out with the existing draft and trim, my ship would slam , and have propeller over speed trips, and do hardly 2 knots with wind from right ahead and swell from beam (as per Buy Ballots law). The cargo tanks could not be ballasted.

I quickly called for a crew muster on the bridge.

I told my crew “ The worst storm ever to hit the pacific is coming and is just 2.5 days away. Company wants us to sail away like how the US fleet has done , but in my opinion our ship will get damaged very badly , the midship mast might fall down and we may sink. The other option is to use the Okinawa island as a typhoon shelter , where I will offer my ship to the wind , never to the waves . Liquid is NOT compressible while air is. The decision is yours, as now this extraordinary situation demands that you partake in this decision where your own lives are in danger”

The crew were too stunned for words.

Then I said “ I plan to stay right here at Okhinawa , which is a perfect natural typhoon shelter with the island as a W shape, with 500 metres high mountains – I must repeat that company has ordered me to sail away with the US fleet . I know what to do and I too have a family waiting for me at home. All those who trust my judgement and support my decision to stay here, raise your hands. I will monitor everything for the next 3 days personally . I promise you a safe and divine experience. I am competent and confident enough to deal with this situation ”

That was the quickest raise of hands I have ever seen in my life.

The decision made and behind me , I made a call to the safety department captains in London.

The old captains , bedded down for retirement, were already pissed off with me because within 24 hours of taking over command I had sent them a message stating that all past oil record book entries treat port slop tank as the dirty slop and stbd slop as the clean slop ( closed cycle wash ) while it is actually opposite, as the position of the lower equalizing valve determines which is slop clean and which is dirty. And all of them has inspected the ship and done sailing audits over the past 13 years. It also proved that the ship and the company had flouted Marpol regulations over 13 years.

The safety dept curtly and rudely ordered me to sail .

To prevent lengthy arguments , I just told them to FO “ You are interested in property and insurance . I am interested in lives and cannot betray the trust of my crew. TA TA BYE BYE , shall talk again after the storm blows over in 3 days time— till then you shall leave me alone.

Then I took the ship to the right side of the W (see picture ) , assuming that the eye would pass west of Okinawa 35 miles off, and anytime the eye passed east of Okinawa then I would bring my ship to the left of the W in a jiffy . The island is just 60 miles long .

As per Buy Ballots law the swell comes from the eye , but wind comes 90 degrees to the left in the northern hemisphere. Or conversely stop the ship and face the wind--the eye of the storm ( close by ) will be 90 degrees to your right in the northern hemisphere.

The crew rigged up a comfortable bed for me in the wheelhouse.

Every 30 minutes I would personally record the direction of wind and swell. This was to find out if the eye would pass to west of Okinawa or the east. This was the area where the eye would suddenly pick up speed or unpredictable change direction.

On 21st 0600 UTC the eye was 200 miles SW of Okinawa, approaching in a NE direction at 7 knots .

To cut a long story short—Okinawa island US naval base has their meteorological station.

They recorded the edge of the eye to have passed 34 miles west of the islandwith a strength of 262 kilometers / hour winds and barometric pressure of 898 HPa / Millibars at 1200 UTC on 22nd Sept 1999.

This made super typhoon Bart greater than category 5 on the Saffir Simpson scale , and the strongest typhoon ever recorded in the Pacific.

The previous one was a category 5 typhoon Vera on Sept 26th 1959 -- less powerful than Bart.

Vera had killed 5238 people. But Bart killed just 30 people but destroyed 80000 homes in Japan and caused 4 billion USD in damages.

The night the 10 mile diameter storm eye passes the island to the west, I took my ship outside the right hand side of the W—again to offer my ship only to the wind, never to the waves.

Every thing outside looked like milky foam. Our ear drums pained due to less atmospheric pressure. Rain was horizontal. The ship was getting a high pressure wash of compressed air and water. I could see tough epoxy paint getting stripped.

Once it was established that the hurricane eye would indeed past west of the Island, Chief officer came on bridge and offered to relieve me for a short cat nap.

I said " No!, this would be in breach of my promise to the crew that i would personally take take care of everything "

My Chief officer went down and slept through the storm .

Next day after the storm passed and was racing for Japan , I asked him “ Did you get a peaceful sleep?”

He said “ Yes , that is because I trusted your judgement . Other wise I would have informed the London safety dept and deposed you!”

I said “ Son, did you get such inspiring thoughts from the Hollywood movie Crimson Tide ? Thank your stars that you did NOT give me the self inflicted black spot, wrest command from me the way submarine Chief Mate Denzel Washington did to Captain Gene Hackman. If you remember, there was a show of hands . Our crew trusted the experience and competence of a senior master— they would have just thrown you into the howling winds , if you had tried anything silly! ”

Well, my Chief officers face turned white as a sheet .

When your life is in danger, normal rules, regulations and procedures don’t apply.

When extraordinary situations develop, you require extra ordinary solutions. My solution was based on a 4000 year old Indian story from Panchatantra tales . It was about a fight between the mountain and the wind, where the mountain won.

Panchatantra was a series of stories based on the varied and exotic wild life in Indian Jungles, basically deep jungle wisdom. Every story has a moral.

I just used the 500 metre high mountain range of Okinawa to beat the wind. I used nature to beat nature.

Digression: It isis a paradox--when things go beyond a limit you have to use the same medium to fight. When a oil rig catches fire -- fight fire with fire like Red Adiar—water will not work. Create a second larger fire which will eat up the first fire, and then put off the second fire by remote control. When your crude oil tanks are too dirty with thick black sludge, you cant wash it with water--you have to do COW , (crude oil wash) with the same medium, and the tanks become amazingly clean.

And when it crosses the Lakshman Rekha , or threshold, the opposite happens. When grief if too much you start to laugh. If the track is too slippery , mud bikers turn the handle the opposite way. When you travel faster and faster you go ahead in time, and when you cross the speed of light, you go back in time.

Later we came to know that the US aircraft carrier , who sailed away 3 days in advance , had lost planes from the flight deck.

Such was the power and reach of Super Typhoon Bart.

What were the damages to my ship? Stripped epoxy paint all over due to the water blasting , a gaping hole where the anemometer fan was, fresh water in each and every external light shade-- that's all--

-- since the London safety department old fogeys could NOT patronise me, it pissed them off even more.

And what was the effect of super typhoon Bart on me? i am unfazed by everything in life-- for no force on earth can match the fury of what i encountered.

To give readers an idea what a super typhoon is-- see video below. It is just a "less than category ONE " -- windforce 11 , typhoon--

THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON STORM CATEGORY SCALE

Storms are measured on the Saffir-Simpson scale depending on wind speed.

1 knot= 1.852 kilometers

Category One - 74-95mph

The main risk at this level is flooding, although winds can be strong enough to blow away unanchored mobile homes and uproot trees.

Category Two - 96-110mph

Winds are strong enough to severely damage mobile homes and lift off roofs, as well as uproot vegetation. They can cause severe flooding.

Category Three - 111-130mph

These are defined as major hurricanes, and can cause severe damage to homes and buildings, entirely wiping out trailer parks.

Category Four - 131-155mph

These can wipe out entire houses and cause extensive inland flooding.

Category Five - 156+ mph

The 'king of hurricanes' damages everything in its wake, with only strong metal buildings more than three miles inland surviving unscathed. Ships rarely surive to tell the tale.

I was a Marine stationed on Futemna Air Base, Okinawa at the time. I remember power being knocked out, our Barracks getting flooded and several parking lots were flooded as well. Trees were flailing around like they were made of paper. All this in an Island that was already well prepared for Typhoons. I couldn't imagine being out at sea for that. Much respect to you!

Amazing experience Captain Cheetan, really your theory of 'Extraordinary decisions at Extra ordinary times' is true and you are a 'Brave Heart'. Not easy to take responsibility and entrust the same in your crew at such situations. So you say that there is going to be one more 'Bart' Cat 5 in Japan. In what category would you classify yesterday's HUDHUD. Also interesting to know that Panchatantra tales have such logic in them, I was of an opinion that they were just fairy tales. Thanks, Praveen.

i used to be in the CAPTAINS MONTHLY BREAKFAST PARTY ( cadet with maximum negative marks for OFFICER LIKE QUALITIES ) -- to be chewed up for breakfast every month .

i got an EXTRA FIRST in every subject --except OFFICER LIKE QUALITIES.

now what are OFFICER LIKE QUALITIES-

being a son of a bit#h, being a sneak, being a hypocrite, being a as$ kisser , being a leader who will sell out his team, being a back biter, being an informer , being the best in playing to the gallery.

so, so--

at the passing out parade --most of the cadets who got all PRIXES were leaders -- they all got BOOOOOEEEEED !

I remember i got only one prize--for being the best REPORTER IN ENGLISH -- the claps I got from the entire hall still resound in my ears -- along with another ROC ( royal officer cadet -who did NOT care to become a sold out leader ).

and mind you -- i was in every single team which made my TOP ( starboard fore top ) the champion TOP.

i was a champion sailor, rower, signaller, marks in subjects, soccer team in both years --

but i lacked OLQ ( officer like qualities ) of being a FU#KIN' SLIME BALL.

so in my passing our certificate , after two years of training -- i had an EXTRA FIRST in all subjects -- except OLQ where i was third grade

so i guess they held a special meeting and GRACED ME TO FIRST CLASS --a young 18 year old boy -- .TEE HEEE !

AT SEA, THE SAILORS DO NOT CARE FOR YOUR FOUR STRIPES- THEY ONLY CARE FOR WHO YOU ARE--

AT SEA PEOPLE WHO KNOW ME , OR HAVE HEARD OF ME -- OR SAILED WITH ME, WILL VOUCH--

CAPT AJIT VADAKAYIL WAS A SLAVE MORE POWERFUL THAN THE MIGHTY FU#KIN' CAESAR -- BY LIGHT YEARS .

this has now passed on to LORE -- never ti happen again in the annals of sea .

am i boasting ?

-- so be it !

humility is NOT about having a low opinion of yourselves to please the JEALOUS party.

see, this would have been part of my post-- GAMES CAPTAIN PLAYED--

you made me reveal it prematurely --with your TAMIL PRIDE ! TAKE IT EASY !

November 7, 2015 at 11:37 AMDear Kapitan, Everytime I read your blog about Christianity, I am surprised, nay, jolted by your statements. If what you wrote about Apollonious and Jesus are true, this will not affect the Christian religion because our beliefs are now embedded in our minds by faith.

Personally, I would believe your statements and my faith on a 50-50 basis. Your blog is still the most believable on the web. I know that you are anti-Jew, maybe you are right.

It's is difficult to change overnight. Regards to the family circle.

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November 7, 2015 at 11:57 AM

hi pc,

I HAVE DOZENS OF JEW FRIENDS IN ISRAEL.

IF I WAS ANTI-JEW , WOULD I BE DOING THAT.

I AM 100% ANTI-ZIONIST JEW.

THEY KILLED ALL THE FEMALE ( RECEIVING ) HOMOSEXUALS IN GERMANY AND PUT THE BLAME ON CHRISTIANS.

THEY DID NOT WANT HOMOSEXUALS IN THE PROMISED LAND OF ISRAEL.

CHECK OUT NEXT YEARS GAY PARADE IN TEL AVIV -- YOU WILL FIND WHAT THEY DID IN GERMANY BACK FIRED BADLY.

THIS IS CALLED " CHICKEN COMING HOME TO ROOST"

I HAVE NO SUCH EMBEDDED BELIEFS.

TILL 1997 I DID NOT EVEN PRAY TO GOD-- STOPPED AFTER I LEFT HOME AT THE AGE OF 16.

TILL THEN ME AND MY TWO SISTERS HAD TO PRAY LOUD-- IT COULD BE HEARD 100 METRES AWAY .

ALL OUR NEIGHBOURS KNEW OUR PRAYERS BY HEART AND THEY TOO STARTED--CACOPHONY GALORE..

SunilDecember 7, 2015 at 7:24 AMThank You very much Mr. Murthy for asking the question on Rothchilds. Look how he eludes the question, and acts as if he did not understand the question. He should be acting in Bollywood movies. lol ...

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Capt. Ajit VadakayilDecember 7, 2015 at 8:00 AMhi s,

body language showed that he got MIND ZAPPED.

he wants to discuss it OFF LINE.

ONLY DESH DROHIS ARE CALLED FOR LITERARY FESTS IN INDIA.

THIS IS A GOOD WAY TO FIND OUT THE SLEEPER GUYS.

I WROTE A HOLLYWOOD MOVIE REVIEW , HOW GENE HACKMAN GETS ALL HIS ENEMIES IN ONE PLACE--AND THEN NOBODY LEAVES ALIVE.

IT MAKES SENSE --WHY RUN AFTER ALL OF THEM ?

LET THEM COME TO HIM.

SOMETIMES ON MY SHIP, I PRETEND THAT IF FUCKED IT UP-- TOTALLY .

MY DETRACTORS COME OUT OF THE WOODWORK AT THE COMPANY MEETINGS , RAKING UP MUCK SO THAT THE MD / OWNER IS FORCED TO SACK ME.

I HAVE MY FANS IN OFFICE WHO GIVE ME A BLOW BY BLOW ACCOUNT-- WHO SAID WHAT AGAINST ME .

IF ANY OF THEM ( WHO PRETENDED TO BE MY LANGOT YAARS ) TRIED TO PLAY DIRTY, I WOULD DISMANTLE THEM ON MY OWN TERMS, TURF AND TIME TABLE.

FOR LITTLE DID THESE VERMIN KNOW THAT IN EVERY COMPANY I WORKED IN I HAD THE TOP HONCHOS HAND ON MY HEAD ( HE WAS MY FAN ) . MOST OF THEM HAD NO CHOICE AS I WAS A SLAVE MORE POWERFUL THAN CAESAR. THIS IS THE POWER OF MERIT . .

THE TOP AND MIDDLE MANAGEMENT HATED HIM LIKE THE PLAGUE, THE BOTTOM MANAGEMENT LOVED ME --THEY WERE MY DIEHARD FANS.

AND LOVED IT WHEN ALL MY DETRACTORS CAUGHT ME BY THE SCRUFF-- AND THEN I WOULD SAY BOOOOOOOOOOOOO .

THEN I WOULD ADMIT, THAT I MADE A MISTAKE--I ACTUALLY OVER PERFORMED .AND THEN WATCH THE DISMAY ON THEIR COLLECTIVE MANGY FACES .

THE ETHOS SPREAD-- EVEN IF I REALLY FUCKED IT UP MY BOSSES WOULD DISCUSS, THE SOB AJIT IS PLAYING ANOTHER GAME WITH US OR WHAT ?

I TOOK OUT MY ELF EXAMINER SERIES -NONE OF MMY TECHNICAL BOSSES DARED TO ANSWER IT.

THE ZIONIST JEW RULED WHITE NATIONS WILL ESTABLISH AN "INSPECTOR RAAJ " IN THRID WORLD NATIONS.

BUT THE THIRD WORLD NATIONS CANNOT CHECK WHITE NATIONS--AS WE ARE NOT TECHNICALLY QUALIFIED.

ON BRITISH AND US FLAGGED SHIPS WHICH I COMMANDED ALL POLLUTION REGULATIONS WERE LAX.

ON OTHER FLAG SHIPS THE WHITE VETTING INSPECTORS CAME AND REALLY TROUBLED US . .

I WORKED IN A BRITISH COMPANY , THE LARGEST OIL TANKER COMPANY IN THE SEVENTIES , WITH MOST LARGEST CRUDE CARRIERS VLCC/ ULCC - AND FOUND OUT THAT THE WHITE OFFICERS HAD BEEN MERRILY PUMPING CRUDE OIL INTO THE SEA.

I WAS THE FIRST BROWN CAPTAIN.

AFTER 13 YEARS OF DELIVERY, WITHING 6 HOURS OF TAKING OVER COMMAND, I FOUND THAT THE WHITE SKINNED CHOOTS , HAD MISTAKEN THE CLEAN SLOP TANK FOR THE DIRTY SLOP TANKS--AND EVERY ENTRY IN THE "MARPOL OIL RECORD BOOK" WAS A WHITE LIE .

QUOTE : The old captains , bedded down for retirement, were already pissed off with me because within 24 hours of taking over command I had sent them a message stating that all past oil record book entries treat port slop tank as the dirty slop and stbd slop as the clean slop ( closed cycle wash ) while it is actually opposite, as the position of the lower equalizing valve determines which is slop clean and which is dirty. And all of them has inspected the ship and done sailing audits over the past 13 years. It also proved that the ship and the company had flouted Marpol regulations over 13 years.UNQUOTE

Respected Sir,Sir you said you were an atheist until this experience of yours.you used the wisdom of panchatantra.you did it your way sir.why do you call it a spiritual experience and what made you believe in God sir.of course i have always believed in God and your blogs have only strengthened my faith.just wanted to know sir......thank you

do you have a moment to talk about the Chakravyuh? I would like to know your thoughts on it from a military perspective... also, have you taken a moment to consider how life changing your blog is? I come every day awaiting new enlightenments. thank you so much my captain.

Some people like Devdutt patnaiyak can just say anything, litearlly anything!!http://m.hindustantimes.com/books/no-society-can-exist-without-myth-says-devdutt-pattanaik/story-PG1v4iB17j07dV5Vyv86QN.html?utm_content=buffer3e98d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=bufferHis existence will also be a myth one day!?

INTELLECTUALS - who transmitted vedas/ upanishads ( SRUTI ) by oral route. this is a most demanding task -- like studying for exams every day--and personal purity

WARRIORS -- who fought and were mostly away from families

SKILLED LABOUR AND MERCHANTS -- who ran the economy and GDP

UNSKILLED LABOUR-- who did physical work

KINGS CAME FROM WARRIOR CLAN.

for the bottom 3 categories PURANAS were created , -- stories and lore mainly about heroes and villians, boons and curses.

puranas were made to inspire Hindus and give them a tool to figure out what is good and what i bad-- what must be emulated and what must be rejected.

it hardwired their conscience. if someone injcted poison into th puranas ( like the white invader ) is does terrible damage -- like lord krishna TWO TIMING HIS WIFE with a mistress radha and 16000 virgin gopika damsels --

lord shiva was made to screw the wives of sapt rishis while they were meditating. shiva was converted to a corpse eater.

vegan hindus were made to sacrifice animals in temples.--cow heads

FUTURE KINGS WERE TAUGHT SIMPLE STORIES SO THAT THEY CAN DEVELOP OWN MORALS.

funtooshMarch 8, 2017 at 5:26 PMNamaste sir .. I have been following your blog since 2012 ..I am grateful to u sir ever since. My kids health condition drew me to your blog . U had all the answers and u have such humility towards any one who reaches out to you .. thank you sir . Any time I need any answer spiritual I get from our writings .. just wanted thank you .. god bless u with health and happiness ..

THE WHOLE OFFICERS/ CREW / OFFICERS WIVES WERE AT THE GANGWAY TO SEE ME OFF

THE WHOLE PROCESS WAS SILENT--

NO FAATHU WORDS--NO MAXIMUM MAXIMUS CHANTS --

ONLY ONE SECOND EYE TO EYE LOCKS –

WORDS SPOIL THIS PREGNANT GOODBYE.

THIS WAS IN NEW YORK ANCHORAGE

THE BOAT SHOVED OFF

WHEN THE FAST LARGE BOAT WAS ABOUT 50 METRES OFF --I SAW ALL ON SHIP WAVING HANDS-- "COME BACK "

THIS HAD HAPPENED TO ME BEFORE , AS ONCE I LEFT MY SLEEVELESS JACKET WITH PASSPORT / AIR TICKET AND MONEY ( MORE THAN 20000 USD ) BEHIND

I TURNED THE BOAT BACK

AS SOON AS IT REACHED THE GANGWAY I NOTICES THE PUMPMAN STANDING AT THE BOTTOM PLAFORM.

HE LEAPT INTO THE BOAT ( A CHASM OF 5 FEET )

THIS BLACK SWEATY TAMILIAN HUGGED ME HARD -- I WAS SOAKED IN HIS SWEAT

HE TELLS ME IN HINDI " SAAB AAP JAHAAZ PAR HAI TO JAAN HA PARVAAH NAHI " ( SIR--WHEN YOU ARE IN COMMAND , WE ARE NOT AFRAID OF OUR LIVES )

AND THEN HE LEAPT BACK TO THE SHIP

much later i reminisced -- i had gone down to the pumproom during cargo discharge and noticed 9 inches of petrol in he bilges . this ship could carry 65,000 tonnes of petrol. i asked him--what is all this. i guess he expected me to screw him for dereliction of duty

my chief officer was an incompetent CUNT

i took charge after cargo discharge and did the repairs PERSONALLY.. no captain does this -- nor he has the competence.

Dear Respected Caption....You have revealed so many mysteries and histories untill now.But today you have to do one more favor.what was the source of your transformation..there must have been a turning point in your lifewhen you changed from admiring the tom, dick & harry....to believing in your Manliness ..the power of Vedanta and Indian DNa.Please reveal it for your followers ..so that may we become exactly like you.thats the only difference between a leader/saint and a mythical paras stone.paras may transform ordinary thing into Gold...but its Leader like you who may transform us into Many more Ajit Vadakayils....You are not an ordinary human,,,under the garb of humility you may deceive so many over here.But not the true ardent followers of you,SO its a request as well as demand from you...that please reveal your true identity and the the defining moment of your life.so we may pick up the Clue..and be a Ajit of every fields so that we may serve the Bharatmata.The 1st and most important criterion for chossing a Guru is That Guru must not be after money...women or fame.2nd he should be always ready to help mankind.3rd is he should be easily available.& Lastly he should be Fearless.And I & many guys find all these 4 qualities in you....SO please reveal it to us....Yours Truly.Samvid

THIS WAS A BRAND NEW CHEMICAL TANKER WHOSE DELIVERY I TOOK FROM A EUROPEAN YARD --CLASSED UNDER LLOYDS REGISTER -- A 100% WHITE MANs ENTERPRISE .

Lloyd's Register Group Limited (LR) is THE oldest and most respected maritime classification society, wholly owned by the Lloyd’s Register Foundation, a UK enterprise dedicated to research and education in science and engineering. The organisation dates back to 1760. Lloyds is GOLD standard.

THEY HAD ALREADY TAKEN OUT SEVERAL SISTER SHIPS- -ALL COMMANDED BY WHITE CAPTAINS --TILL A BROWN CAPTAIN CAME ON THE SCENE.

I made a 1000 item DEFECT LIST . Every equipment was EXCELSIOR white industry.

I was most sarcastic-- dont read more than 40 items in a day--your WHITE brains will get overheated.

When it became too much they would keep a compartment locked -and open it out for the first time for me -- with a group of the yard's best intellectuals following me inside --

--say a CO2 room -- and I would immediately point out-- CO2 is heavier than air --put the exhaust at the bottom--- remove these "transport " locking plates on the 200 CO2 cylinders , or in case of real fire the bank wont release CO2 etc . You will NOT find this in the 1000 item list in the post -- as they rectified it before sailing.

EVERY CAPTAIN /CHIEF OFFICER WHO SIGNED THIS BOOK COULD BE THROWN INTO JAIL AND KEYS THROWN AWAY FOR MARINE POLLUTION AND LYING WHITE IN A MOST IMPORTANT OFFICIAL LOG BOOK.

THE OWNER OF THE COMPANY COULD BE JAILED FOR "NOT EMPLOYING COMPETENT OFFICERS AND NOT EXERCISING DUE DILIGENCE ".

HOW DID THEY MAKE THIS GRAVE DISGRACEFUL MISTAKE ?

ON EVERY SHIP AT SEA , THE CAPTAINS CABIN IS ON THE TOP STARBOARD SIDE WHILE THE CHIEF ENGINEERS CABIN IS ON THE TOP POST SIDE.

THIS IS AN UNWRITTEN RULE -- AS WHEN THERE IS A CROSSING SHIP FROM STARBOARD TO POST , THE SHIP HAS TO ALTER COURSE TO STBD AND GO FROM BEHIND THE STERN OF THE CROSSING SHIP ( ROR--RULES OF THE ROAD AT SEA ).

STORM SURGE is a low-pressure-induced dome of water drawn up under and trailing the storm's center.

The pressure effects of a tropical cyclone will cause the water level in the open ocean to rise in regions of low atmospheric pressure ( small area ) and fall in regions of high atmospheric pressure (vast area ).

The Earth's rotation causes the Coriolis effect, which bends currents to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere. When this bend brings the currents into more perpendicular contact with the shore it can amplify the surge

On the Gulf side of Florida, the edge of the Floridian Plateau lies more than 160 kilometres offshore of Marco Island in Collier County. Florida Bay, lying between the Florida Keys and the mainland, is also very shallow; depths typically vary between one foot and 7 feet . These areas are subject to higher storm surges

Since storm surge is a difference between water levels, it does not have a reference level.

A method of measuring surge is by the deployment of pressure transducers along the coastline just ahead of an approaching tropical cyclone. These types of sensors can be placed in locations that will be submerged, and can accurately measure the height of water above them.

The lower the atmospheric pressure at the eye of the hurricane , the higher the surge.

FETCH is the length of water over which a given wind has blown. Fetch length, along with the wind speed (wind strength), determines the size (sea state) of waves produced. The longer the fetch and the faster the wind speed, the more wind energy is imparted to the water surface and the larger the resulting sea state will be. Stronger winds caused by the hurricane will produce a higher rise of water—especially if the water is open.. A larger storm will produce higher water level due to fetch

TILL TODAY I HAVE NOT SEEN A SINGLE MARINER AT SEA WHO KNOWS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SEA AND SWELL. I TELL THIS AFTER BEING AT SEA FOR 40 YEARS – 30 YEARS AS SHIP CAPTAIN. I CONDUCTED SEA / SWELL DIRECTIONS TESTS ON EVERY SHIP I COMMANDED OVER 30 YEARS – AT LEAST THREE TIMES.

WHAT A FUCKIN’ DISGRACE.

ON CHEMICAL TAKERS WITH LOW FREEBOARD , I MICROMANAGED DURING TAKCLEANING.

SEA IS WHIPPED UP BY WINDS. SWELL COMES FROM THE EYE OF THE STORM

DURING A CONTAINER LINER RUN, ONLY MY SHIP HAD ZERO ROUGH SEAS DAMAGES . THE REMAINING SEVEN SISTER SHIPS HAD HEAVY STEEL DAMAGES. THE CHARTERERS IN GERMANY WANTED TO KNOW WHAT MY SECRET WAS. IT WAS ALL ABOUT KNOWIG HOW TO PROTECT THE SHIP FROM SWELL.

BETWEEN CREST TO CREST OF SWELL ( FROM A HURRICANE ) YOU CAN FIT IN TWO OR THREE SHIP LENGTHS. BUT FOR SEA WAVES, THE DISTANCE FROM CREST TO CREST IS SMALL.

SINCE MOST CAPTAINS DOT HAVE THE EXPERINCE TO FIND OUT THE DIRECTION OF SWELL ( FROM EYE OF STORM ) THEY RELY ON BUY BALLOTS LAW.As per Buy Ballots law the swell comes from the eye , but wind comes 90 degrees to the left in the northern hemisphere ( when the storm is close )

Face the wind , the eye of the storm will be 90 degrees ( 8 points—close by storm ) to 135 degrees ( 12 points—far away storm ) on the right hand side in the Northern Hemisphere .

POOR HILLY BILLY YANKS

CUNTS IN CNN –EDUCATE YOURSELF

NOWADAYS I FEEL LIKE PUKING WHEN I SEE THE FACE OF THE IRANIAN JEWESS CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR.

AFTER SUPER TYPHOON BART, COMPANY BOSSES CAME TO VISIT MY SHIP. THE PAINT WAS STRIPPED ALL OVER...BUT NO DAMAGE ... THEY WERE STUNNED .. I HAD PREDICTED THIS BY A COCKY MESSAGE TO THEN 48 HOURS IN ADVANCE

THIS IS PART OF THE VADAKAYIL LIVING LEGEND LORE AT SEA

VADAKAYIL DREW A CIRCLE AND THREW A DART DEAD CENTRE AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN

OTHERS THEW A DART FIRST AND THEN DREW A CIRCLE AROUND IT -- GOT CAUGHT AND DISGRACED

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Been in command of chemical tankers (mainly) for more than 6640 days -- spread over 30 years ( a world record! ) . My Chemical posts are free for ALL sailors on this planet . Any profit making person publishing extracts, must clearly write " reproduced from ajitvadakayil.blogspot.com " , - it pays to remember, that the chemical contents are patented . This blogsite will transform your mind . You yourself, are the teacher, the pupil, the messiah, the seeker, the traveller and the destination . It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to this profoundly sick society . I am from INDIA, the mother of all civilizations . I will be re-writing world history , and this will surely not gratify the evil hijackers of human history . Awaken your inner voice . Your own conscience is the best interpreter . In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act . The naked truth can never be hate speech or defamation. This blog site does not sacrifice truth on the altar of political correctness . Do not enter this blog site if you cannot handle the truth . Capt Ajit Vadakayil leads the only silent revolution on this planet .. SHRADDHA , STRENGTH AND HONOR - ALWAYS !.